Market Roundup

COMPANIES

• Ericsson emerges lowest bidder for BSNL cellular tender
• Hero Honda launches CBZ variant X-treme
• IHCL plans merger of subsidiaries
• Reckitt acquires three healthcare brands
• Visaka to merge with Shakti Roofings
• Balco to set up power plant in Chhattisgarh
• ONGC, Maruti sign agreement
• GSM operators achieve record subscriptions in September
• Tata's $3-billion plans on hold in Bangladesh till polls
• Tata Motors hikes CV prices by 2 per cent
• Naukri.com enters into deal with US job site

• PMO hauls up DoT on BSNL tender
• Duty cut on three products
• Rich people growing rapidly in India
• Industry not for 100-per cent FDI in retail: Assocham
• Jharkhand, TN vie for mega power units
• Government approves anti-dumping duty on Chinese CDs
  

• Rupee down
• Rabo India to infuse Rs 145 crore into finance arm
• HSBC launches seamless banking in India, UAE

• Trading in corporate bonds: RBI upsets SEBI plans
• E*Trade to make open offer to IL&FS Investsmart
• Zenith Birla announces follow-on offer of 2.38 crore equity shares
• Sensex, Asian markets down on N Korea nuke test
• 3i Infotech raises €15 millioin through FCCB

• General Motors may be up against Kerkorian-led attack
• Columbia don wins Nobel for economics